Carrying case and display device



Jan. 10, 1961 E. A. LINKER ErAL 2,967,608

CARRYING cAsE AND DISPLAY DEVICE mea Aug. 7, 195s z sheets-sheet IATTORNEYS Jan. 10, 1961 E. A. LINKER ErAL 2,967,608

CARRYING cAsE: AND DISPLAY DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 7, 1958INVENTORS EDWARD A. Ll NKER CLARENCE M. LE PEER ATTORNEYS United StatesPatent Q CARRYING CASE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Edward A. Linker, Bellmore,and Clarence M. Le Peer, New York, N.Y., assignors to The Chartmakers,Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Aug. 7, 1958, Ser.No. 753,821

1 Claim. (Cl. 20G-45.11)

v customers and which case is adapted for use in displaying the cards,sheets and the like during the interview with the customer. An object ofthe invention, therefore, is to provide a carrying case for carryingsales and other presentations in the form of cards and sheets which maybe readily displayed on the carrying case when opened up withoutremoving the cards or sheets therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrying casewhich maybe readily converted into a display device.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an article of saidcharacter for securely holding the cards and sheets in position thereinand which may be successively displayed by flipping over one endthereof.

Still another object of the invention is to form the body of the casefrom a single sheet of material and with plies overlying the inner facesof the front and rear walls thereof and cooperating with the side wallsfor retaining the walls in container formation.

Still another object of the invention resides in fastening means forretaining the carrying case in closed formation and which is adapted foruse in securing the case in display formation.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, reference is now made tothe following specification and accompanying drawings in which thepreferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a carrying case constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case opened up and disposed indisplay formation.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sheet of stock cut to form the wall of thecarrying case.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the auxiliary ply of one of the case parts.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the auxiliary ply of the other case part.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken `approximately on line 4-4of Fig. l.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately 2,967,608Patented Jan. 1 0, 19611 The casing part 10 includes a main wall 13which is, integrally connected with oppositely disposed side walls 14each consisting of inner and outer plies 15 and 16. which are connectedtogether by a narrow outer edge portion 17. The main wall 13 is alsointegrally connected with a top wall 18 having a ap 19 adapted tooverlie' the other casing part. An auxiLary ply 20 overlies the innerface of the main wall 13 and interiits with the inner plies 15 of theside walls 14 for retaining the said plies in doubled over relation. Forthis purpose the inner plies 15 are formed with a plurality of recesses21 along ,their inner free edges forming tongues 22 between the recessesand between the recesses and the ends of the plies and the auxiliary ply20 is similarly provided with a plurality of recesses 23 in the oppositeedges thereof forming tongues 24 between the said recesses. YIt will beunderstood that' the tongues 22 of the inner plies 15 of the side walls14 interft in the recesses 23 in the auxiliary ply and the tongues 24 ofthe auxiliary ply intert in the recesses 21 in the inner plies of theside walls 14. A

The top wall 18 is also provided with narrow end iiaps 25 which extendbetween the inner and outer plies. 15 and 16 of the side walls 14. Theouter edge portions 17 connectingthe inner and outer plies 15 and 16provide broad outer edges for the side walls 14 andthe auxiliary ply 20is cemented or otherwise affixed to the inner face of the main wall 13and abuts against the ,inner plies 15 so as to maintain the lower edgeportions thereof in close relation with the outer plies 16. An; L-shapedmetal member 26 is provided for each of the' side walls 14 adjacent thefree endV thereof which is a1-l ranged with one leg thereofV underlyingthe auxiliary ply 20 and the other leg located between the plies. Thisconv struction retains the top wall 18 and the outer plies of the',lside walls 14 in rigid right angular relation with theV main wall 13. l

The casing part 11 includes a main wall 28 whichis integrally connectedwith oppositely disposed side walls 29 each consisting of innerV andouterplies 30 and 31 which are connected together by a narrow edgeportion 32. The main wall 28 is also integrally connected with a narrowtop wall 33 consisting of inner and outer plies ,342, and 35 which areconnected together by a narrow edgei portion 36. An auxiliary ply 37overlies the inner face of the main wall 28 and interts with Lthe inneredge portion of the inner edge portion of the inner ply 34 of the topwall 33. The said auxiliary ply 37 also interits with the inner plies 30of the side walls 29 for retaining the said plies in doubled overrelation. For this purpose, ,the inner plies 30 are formed with aplurality of recesses 38 along their inner free edges forming tongues 39betweenA the recesses and between the recesses and the ends ofgthe.plies and the auxiliary ply 37 is similarly provided with a` pluralityof recesses 40 in the opposite, edges thereof forming tongues 41 between.the said recesses. The.

tongues 39 of the inner plies of the side walls l29 intertit in therecesses 40 in the auxiliary ply and the tongues. 41; of the auxiliaryply interiit in the recesses 38 in the inner` plies of the side wall 29.The inner ply 34 of the .topwall'p 33 is formed with a recess 42 and theauxiliary ply 35- is formed with a tongue 43 which interts in the recess42 of the inner ply 34.

The top wall 33 is also provided with narrow end aps 45 which extendbetween the inner and outer plies 30 and 31 of the side walls 29. The4outer edge portions 32 connecting the inner and outer plies 30 and 31provide broad outer edges for the side walls 29 and the auxiliary ply 37is cemented or otherwise afxed to the inner face of the main wall 28 andabuts against the inner plies 30 of the side walls 29 and the inner ply34 of the top wall 33 so as to maintain the inner edge portions of saidplies in close relation with the outer plies of said walls. An

L-shaped metal member 45 is provided for each of the Side walls 29adjacent the free end thereof which is arranged with one leg thereofunderlying the auxiliary ply 29Nand the other leg thereof disposedbetween the plies. This construction retains Ythe outer -ply 35 of thetop wall 33 and the outer plies 31 of the side walls 29 in right angularrelation with the main wall 28.

The inner ply 34 of the top wall 33 has tongues 47 Cut from the bodythereof which are directed inwardly so as to overlie the bottom edges ofcards, sheets and the like to retain the same in supported relation onthe wall 33 when the casing is used for display purposes. The main wall28 of the casing part 11 is slightly narrower than the main wall 13 ofthe casing part 10 whereby the side walls 29 and the top wall 33 of thecasing part 11 telescopically ts within the side and top walls of thecasing part 10. The top wall 18 of the casing part 10 overlies the topwall 33 of the casing part 11 whereby the flap 19 overlies the outerface of the upper portion ofthe main wall 28 of the casing part 11 whenthe casing parts are in close relation as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. A strap 48 is affixed at one end to the outer face of the mainwall 13 and is adapted to extend over the top wall 18 and the ap 19 andthe said strap and the main wall 28 of the casing part 11 are providedwith interengageable means such as studs and socket 49 for releasablyfastening the casing parts in closed relation. The casing parts and 11are adapted to be swung into display or easel formation with the mainwalls 13 and 29 arranged in inclined relation as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. The said casing parts are retained in inclined relationagainst outward spreadingv thereof by means of thestrap 48 engaging astud 50 secured to the outer face of the outer .ply 35 of the top wall33.

`A number of cards, sheets and the like bearing sales and otherpresentations may be arranged in supported relation in the casing part11 and during an interview with a prospective purchaser and the like maybe removed one at a time and deposited in the casing part 10. Thus, thecarryingpcase may be utilized for transporting a large quantity ofcards, sheets and the like for sales promotions, interviews and the likewhich may be dis played one at a time as the interview progresses.

The casing parts 10 and 11 are preferably fashioned from a single sheetof cardboard stock and the like which is cut to the form shown in Fig. 3of the drawings and bent along the broken lines to provide the walls ofthe case. The side walls 14 of the casing part 10 are bent along thebroken lines 52 and 53 to form the narrow top edge 17 between the innerand outer walls 15 and 16 thereof. Similarly the side walls 29 of thecasing part 11 are bent along the broken lines 54 and 55 to thereby formthe narrow top edge 32 between the inner and outer walls 30 and 31thereof and the top wall 33 of the casing part 11 is bent along thebroken lines 56 and 57 to thereby form the narrow edge portion 36between the inner and outer plies 34 and 35.

The carrying case may also be employed for carrying large tlexiblesheets which extend over the wall 12 and overlie the main walls 13 and28. These sheets may similarly bear sales promotion plans, statisticalreports, research findings and the like for use in calling uponprospective customers. When such sheets are used, a

cross bar 60 is preferably secured at its ends to the casing part 11which overlies the sheets adjacent the wall 12 and over which the endsof the sheet may be folded to expose the underlying ends of the sheetsas the inter- View proceeds.

While the preferred form of the invention has been shown and describedherein, it is to be understood that the same is not so limited but shallcover and include any and all modications of the invention which fallwithin Vthe purview thereof.

What is claimed is:

A carrying case and display device including oppositely disposed casingparts,one of said parts consisting of a main wall, oppositely disposeddouble ply narrow side walls and a double-ply narrow top wall having endextensions secured between the double ply side walls, the other casingpart comprising a main wall, double ply narrow side walls, a narrow topwall having end extensions secured between the double ply side walls anda ap connected with the said top wall and overlying the main wall of theother part when the parts are in closed relation, said case including asingle ply bottom wall having free ends and connected with said mainwalls, the main wall of one of said casing parts `being relativelynarrower than the main wall of the other casing part for thetelescopically tting of the side and top walls of one of said casingparts within the side and top walls of the other casing part when thesaid casing parts are in closed relation, said casing parts beingswingable from closed relation to open relation with said bottom walluppermost and the casing parts disposed in spaced apart inclined openrelation for use of both casing parts for display purposes, the plies ofeach of said double ply side and top walls being spaced apart alongtheir outer edges by a narrow rim portion forming triangular shaped`side and top walls in section of said double ply side and end wallsrespectively, auxiliary plies secured to the inner face of said mainwalls respectively and disposedrat its edges against the inner plies ofsaid double ply side and top walls for retaining said double plies insaid triangular formation, a strap aixed to the main wall having saidap, and said strap and the other casing part having interengageablereleasably securing means for securing said casing parts in closedrelation or in said open relation for display purposes.

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